The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames / Kai Bird.

Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bird, Kai
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ames, Robert, > 1934-1983.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Genre:
Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Physical Description:xiv, 430 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East.
Call Number:JK468.I6 B549 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index.
ISBN:9780307889751
0307889750